The Myths of George Washington: Religion and Slavery

The truth with regards to George Washington's religion and his views on slavery. Many depict Washington as a man who was a deist, not a Christian, and a person of great hypocrisy because of the fact that he owned slaves. This video disproves those who make those claims and proves that Washington was a devout Christian and a person who advocated for the freedom of the slaves and tried desperately to free his slaves and the rest of the slaves in the country anyway he could. Washington was an extremely principled man and the greatest American to ever live.

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[scatmanwfm]

As for all these people who ramble on about how there is no excuse for slavery and if they were slave owners, they would release them, they forget this isn't 2011. Try being a white person in the 1700s and speaking out against slavery and saying that all who practice it are evil and are not Christians and see how fast you get socially shutdown and labeled a nut

Just look how saying you don't support the troops gets many against you. Imagine living in the 1700s and standing up for blacks...

[bRizzle2009100]

@scatmanwfm Well you also have to realize that in colonies like Virginia it was ILLEGAL to release your slaves too. The founders knew the only way to rid slavery was to change the laws of their individual colonies. Jefferson for instance, the first act he did in the Virginia House of Burgesses was introducing a bill to ban the further importation of slaves into Virginia and to gradually abolish slavery. Now of course the bill was voted down. But your right thats the kind of world they lived in.

[scatmanwfm]

@bRizzle2009100 I didn't know that. It's almost like people try to judge the founders by the way society is today and how things are set now and you just can't do that.

[bRizzle2009100]

@scatmanwfm Exactly. You have to judge it by the times that they lived in. About 1/3 of the founders owned slaves yes. Some of them were unapologetic for it but some of them actively spoke out against it and tried to abolish it in their colonies. About 2/3 of the founders DIDNT own slaves and spoke out against it as well. They were seen as the "radicals" of society bc slavery was so imbedded in the culture. So for them to even speak out against the status quo at the time took a lot of guts.

[FivePerCentR]

If Thomas Jefferson loved blacks, it was in the way that people today love pets, he may have even considered them a part of the family, but never as beings worthy of freedom. Bottom line, he was a RACIST.

[bRizzle2009100]

@FivePerCentR I am sorry for the racist remarks. That user has been blocked from my channel. I welcome freedom of speech and opinion but those who abuse it on my channel by using it to call others racist names and the such will not be allowed to do so.

[scatmanwfm]

I can't stand people who try and rip on Washington for owning slaves. He spoke out many times about his feelings of slavery and how it was an injustice he also went to great lengths at cost to his own pocket to keep the slave families together. He would also work with them in the field how many slave owners would actually do the work that their slaves are doing? I love how all these people say "If I lived back then I would of freed them."

[bRizzle2009100]

@GohModley I guess you are unable to conduct yourself in a mature and professional manner. You should really look into getting some friends or something so you wouldn't be on YouTube all day calling people racist names because you have nothing better to do in life. I am blocking you from my channel because of your lack of respect for others commenting on this channel.

And by the way, I am white, not black.

[GohModley]

@bRizzle2009100 You also must be a nigger. And stop thinking about twelve-year-olds you perv.

[bRizzle2009100]

@GohModley We can do without the racist remarks. If you don't mind, conduct yourself in a mature and professional manner and not the one of a 12 year old.

Thank you.

[GohModley]

@FivePerCentR What's so bad about racism? You must be a nigger.